From owner-freebsd-emulation Mon Feb 3 00:15:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA14694 for emulation-outgoing; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 00:15:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA14689 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 00:15:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id SAA04986; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 18:44:51 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702030814.SAA04986@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: doscmd vs ??? In-Reply-To: <199702030427.PAA05241@solsbury-hill.home> from Joel Sutton at "Feb 3, 97 03:27:35 pm" To: suttonj@interconnect.com.au (Joel Sutton) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 18:44:50 +1030 (CST) Cc: jlemon@americantv.com, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Joel Sutton stands accused of saying: > > I had a play with doscmd and it seemed to run various things that > pcemu wouldn't. But it works both ways. The speed is quite superior > of course. The latest pcemu (still crawling towards a 'real' 2.0 release) is actually quite a bit better than the old 1.0 in the ports collection. > Would there be much difficulty is getting a set of kernel patches for > us release users (2.1.6) ?? I guess was I'm asking is - Does the new > vm86 kernel code rely on facilities in current? Sean was working on a 2.1.6 system, so I would think that you wouldn't have too much trouble fitting his patches to your kernel. Just be aware that they _don't_ work properly, and unexpected things can wedge your system tight. > Joel... -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[